Ibrahimovic to stay
MANCHESTER. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hinted he will stay at Manchester United beyond the current season.
Ibrahimovic has confirmed he is in talks with Manchester United over a new contract, saying he “never leaves a job unfinished”.
The 35-year-old has an option of a further 12-month contract after he moved to Old Trafford on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain last summer.
The Swedish striker has been a sensation since arriving at Old Trafford in the summer on a free from Paris Saint-Germain.
Ibrahimovic has scored 26 goals in all competitions but is currently sitting out with a three-match ban for an elbow on Tyrone Mings. And his Manchester United contract is up in the summer but there is an option for a second season.
He has been linked with a move to LA Galaxy but Jose Mourinho is desperate to keep his main man.
So far the 35-year-old has been coy on his future, but now he has admitted he “never leaves a job unfinished” and says he is in talks with the clubs over a new deal.
Speaking about his time at United he said: “I enjoy. I’m a person when I go into something I put my head 200 per cent, and I do what I’m good at. I go in, I go for the kill and I go out.
“And when I go out there is no complaints, that’s what I do. I never leave a job unfinished.
“I always go in, do my job, and in the way that is a fair play, a fair deal, that is what I do.”
Speaking at an event for his range of Zlatan fragrances Ibrahimovic confirmed that talks were ongoing about his future, he said: “Let’s see what happens, we are talking.
“I have an option for another year, I want to do great as long as I’m here, so let us see, there is a lot of time.”
“I’m enjoying being at a fantastic club, without doubts, one of the biggest clubs in the world with a great coach. I know him before, he’s a winner, he’s the perfect coach for this club.
“Being a Manchester United player, I don’t know how many people have that possibility but I am a Man United player, people wanted me here, I chose the club, I chose the best English club, that’s the way it works.” — The Daily Express. DHARAMSALA. — As India celebrate the return of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from previous holders Australia, the overriding consensus is that the hosts maintained order between the sport’s top two Test cricket sides in a series that had everything. Seldom has a tour been dragged deep into the gutter through tit-for-tat accusations of cheating and foul play only for it to rise magnificently in the wake of some quality cricket by the bitterest of antagonists. “It was a magnificent series, one of the best I’ve been part of,” Australia captain Steve Smith, a key protagonist in the series, said after his team finally succumbed to a 2-1 loss in the fourth and final Test on Tuesday. Given their history, it seemed inevitable that tempers would flare between sides that endorse an identical brand of aggressive cricket when they met in Pune for the opener, which passed without incident barring a surprise win for the visitors. The veneer cracked in the second Test, however, when all hell broke loose after Smith gestured to his dressing room whether to review an lbw decision against him during a tense but fruitless run chase in Bengaluru. — Reuters.